Clothing



(No Model.)

J. PEISS;

Clothing.

No. 237,968. Patented Feb. 22, I881.

INVENTORQ WITNESSES ATTORNEYS hLPETifiS, PIIOTO-UTHOGRAPIIER. WASHIRGION. D C.

\ UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JULIUS FEISS, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

CLOTHING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 237,968, dated February 22, 1881.

Application filed October 21, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JULIUS Mass, of Cleveland, in the county of Ouyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ready-Made Clothing; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

The object of this invention is to provide for the convenient extension of the arms or legs of lined garments without reconstructing any part thereof. This I accomplish by suitably doubling the exterior fabric internally upon itself and taking tucks in the lining, so that by ripping one or more of said tucks and unfolding a corresponding part of the folded end of the external fabric the leg or arm of the garment can be extended at will.

To illustrate my invention, Figure l. of the drawings represents, in longitudinal section, a coat-sleeve constructed according to my invention before it is lengthened. Fig. 2 represents the same sleeve after it is lengthened; and Fig. 3 represents a modification of my invention, wherein more than one tuck are employed in the lining.

I shall describe my invention as applied to coat-sleeves. It is evident, however, that pantaloon-legs may be made after the same plan as I shall describe, and therefore my invention comprehends both sleeves and legs of garments.

A is the external fabric, which is folded or doubled upon itself to a considerable extent at the end of the sleeve, as indicated in Fig. 1 of the drawings. B is the inside sleeve-lining. 0 is a tuck or reef made in the sleevelining.

It is evident that the sleeve will be longer in proportion as less of the fabric A is folded or doubled upon itself, as already mentioned, and if the tuck C be opened and unfolded the lining will thereby be lengthened and a shorter (No model.)

fold be taken in the external fabric, A, as indicated in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

I do not limit myself as to the number of tucks O that may be used, as one, two, or more may be made in the lining B. Where more than one tuck G are provided there will be a wider range of adjustment in the length of the sleeve allowed.

When a coat is constructed according to my invention, if the sleeve prove too short for a customer, a tuck, O, is ripped and unfolded and a shorter fold made in the external fabric,

A, as illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawings, and in case more than one tuck C have been made in the lining B a sufficient number of said tucks may be ripped and unfolded until the sleeve is of the desired length.

My invention, as will be seen from the foregoing specification, broadly consists in a coatsleeve or pantaloon leg having a sufficient amountof the external fabric folded or doubled upon itself at the bottom or end of the sleeve or leg, and provided with a lining that can be lengthened by ripping and unfolding one or more tucks or reefs made therein.

Instead of making several plaits or tucks in the lining B, a single tuck may be made, and two or more parallel rows of stitching may be run along it. If one of these rows of stitching is ripped,the tuck can be let down to that point. If this is not sufficient, rip out another row, and the sleeve may be lengthened, and so on until the entire tuck may be unfolded.

What I claim is- A sleeve or leg of a garment having its external fabric doubled upon itself at the end or bottom of the said sleeve or leg, in combination with a lining provided with one or more reefs or tucks, O, substantially as and for the purposes shown.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

Witnesses:

L. L. LEGGETT, W. E. DONNELLY.

JULIUS FEISS. 

